Quick answer: Marathon Oil Company has 1,584 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 50 of them in the last 12 complete months (-13.8% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Karnes (58% of permits) and leading target is Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) (37.8%).
The most recent permit month is the current, partial month, which the 12-month count does not include yet.
| Year | Permits | Median lateral (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 217 | 6,431 |
| 2018 | 167 | 6,045 |
| 2019 | 235 | 6,180 |
| 2020 | 187 | 6,236 |
| 2021 | 161 | 6,744 |
| 2022 | 204 | 6,461 |
| 2023 | 118 | 7,768 |
| 2024 | 152 | 7,865 |
| 2025 | 27 | 7,089 |
| 2026 | 56 | 8,543 |
| County | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Karnes (TX) | 918 | 58% |
| Atascosa (TX) | 322 | 20.3% |
| Live Oak (TX) | 102 | 6.4% |
| Gonzales (TX) | 101 | 6.4% |
| De Witt (TX) | 62 | 3.9% |
| Lavaca (TX) | 23 | 1.5% |
| Kingfisher (OK) | 14 | 0.9% |
| Mcmullen (TX) | 11 | 0.7% |
| Blaine (OK) | 10 | 0.6% |
| Grady (OK) | 10 | 0.6% |
| All other counties | 11 | — |
| Formation / play | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) | 519 | 37.8% |
| Austin Chalk | 488 | 35.6% |
| Eagle Ford | 180 | 13.1% |
| Stuart City-Edwards | 86 | 6.3% |
| Olmos | 55 | 4% |
| Anadarko Basin | 26 | 1.9% |
| All other / unclassified | 18 | — |
| Median permit → spud | 63 days |
| Median spud → first reported production | 121 days |
| Permits older than 12 months that were spudded | 84.3% |
| Spuds older than 12 months reporting production | 92.7% |
| Median lateral, last 24 months vs earlier | 7,848 ft vs 6,444 ft |
Groups with fewer than three permits are folded into "all other". Computed by Valor from public oil and gas data; refreshed weekly. Data as of 2026-09-29.
Marathon Oil Company has 1,584 Texas/Oklahoma drilling permits in the last ten years, 50 of them in the last 12 complete months (-13.8% year over year). Its most-permitted county is Karnes (58% of permits) and leading target is Gulf Coast Basin (La - Tx) (37.8%).
Across its permits, the median time from permit to spud is 63 days and from spud to first reported production 121 days. 84.3% of its permits older than a year have been spudded.
Its median lateral on permits from the last 24 months is 7,848 ft, versus 6,444 ft on earlier permits (+21.8%).
No. Valor publishes permit activity as statistics — counts by year, county and formation groupings of three or more permits, lateral trends and cycle times — rather than individual permit records.
These statistics are computed by Valor from public oil and gas data. © Valor, all rights reserved.